The findings come as the
Living Wage Foundation has set a new rate of PS7.
We have the wrong kind of recovery with the wrong kind of jobs - we need to create far more
living wage jobs, with decent hours and permanent contracts.
The
Living Wage is due to rise this week from its present level of PS8.
The
living wage initiative differs in a number of ways from the labour movement's traditional demand to increase the minimum wage.
We say, yes, the community needs low-priced goods and high wages, but the community needs
living wage jobs and healthcare.
Living wages are still relatively new, and information on the policy's various effects is just beginning to come in.
In developing its contract requirements, the county looked at other agencies that had already issued bids for services that included
living wages.
The demand for a
living wage is even beginning to spread to state and federal governments and, beyond the public sector, to employees of universities and religious bodies.
For example, the authors argue at length that because only a fraction of the work force in the firms affected by
living wage proposals will be affected, total costs will be increased by only 1 or 2 percent--and that as a result, not only will there be no significant reduction in employment, but the extra cost will be absorbed out of profits rather than passed on in higher prices.
Without intending to, we have (city-contracted) custodians in Bradley Terminal covered by
living wage and (airline-hired) custodians in the United Terminal who are not covered,'' said Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg.
However, neither the federal welfare legislation signed into law last year nor the state budget proposed this month guarantees that
living wage jobs will be available to those current welfare recipients who now must seek employment, or to those legal residents and citizens who will no longer qualify for benefits.
Cardiff University and Plaid Cymru are among the latest Welsh organisations to seek accreditation as
living wage employers.
